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Law enforcement officers opened fire on a wanted fugitive Thursday night, in the parking lot of a Penn's Landing restaurant. NBC10's George Spencer reports from the scene. (Published Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013)

U.S. Marshals shot a suspect outside a popular restaurant along Penn's Landing in Philadelphia after he allegedly tried to run them down.

The shooting took place in the parking lot of The Chart House restaurant at 555 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard along the Delaware River around 5 p.m. on Thursday evening, according to Philadelphia Police.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals say authorities were staked out in the restaurant's parking lot waiting for 27-year-old Eugene Dykes to drop off his girlfriend, who works at The Chart House.

Dykes is wanted for two separate cases -- a parole violation for a prior crime and a recent assault in South Philadelphia.

U.S. Marshals Pursue Then Shoot Man

U.S. Marshals pursue a suspect to Penn's Landing then shoot him in the Chart House Restaurant parking lot at Penn's Landing. (Published Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013)

When they swarmed Dykes car, officials say he drove at the officers in his white sedan, hitting two officers. The marshals then opened fire on the car, hitting Dykes once in the head, according to the spokesperson.

The man was rushed to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition. His unidentified girlfriend, who was also still in the car during the shooting, was not hit by gunfire.

From the air, SkyForce10 witnessed police taking the man out of the back of the car, put onto a backboard and placed inside a Philadelphia Police van.

The U.S. Marshals spokesperson said the two officers hit by the suspect's car suffered very minor injuries.

The girlfriend is being questioned by authorities.

The Chart House is located on a pier just south of the waterfront's popular tourist-area. It sits next to the dock of The Spirit of Philadelphia ship and another popular floating restaurant, The Moshulu.